Jeff Yan, the CEO of Hyperliquid's speaker, spoke about Hyperliquid (obviously).
The OKX team shared their vision on building markets for the Intelligence Age.
Token2049 Singapore: Bit Digital Stage
Pauline Shangett, ChangeNOW CSO, spoke on crypto adoption and how cool it would be if you could buy an iced latte with crypto without breaking a sweat or holding up the whole line of people at a coffee shop.
Martin Masser, Director of Strategic Partnerships at ChangeNOW, sat down with CoinGape to talk about successful partnerships, what defines a successful one and where the industry is heading.
"We've noticed there's been more institutionals now to be more open to crypto. We were seeing bigger players, maybe traditional players as well, entering the space wanting more of the options there."
NOW Effect Interviews
This is also where NOW Effect came in: our interview series, hosted by Ramia. She had super cool guests today.
Injective: CEO Eric Chen spoke on Wall Street moving on-chain, and whether that makes DeFi better.
NEAR: Tyler Bond, director of business development for NEAR Intents, joined a discussion about why crypto has too many chains and whether NEAR can make them all disappear.
Ramia with Eric Chen, CEO of Injective
And we can't wait for tomorrow because Ramia will chat with Matt Visser, CEO of Sonic, and Yvonne Chia, Head of Communication at USDD, who will be digging into whether stablecoins are becoming banks and if decentralization is still the point.
Singapore Crypto Conference: Behind the Scenes
Every interview starts before the camera does. Our Head of Growth, Tim Stanyakin, gets a last touch-up before the shoot.
Tim getting camera-ready
Someone from the MetaMask crew stopped by to see what was happening in our studio through a porthole.
Sneaky fox from Metamask
Ironically, the T-shirt says "The fox has your back." Turns out the fox is also WATCHING YOU 👀
The control desk: where every angle you see on screen gets picked in real time
While everyone else was chatting on camera, our tech team made sure the camera actually worked. Six interviews and a panel later - no joke. They've earned their late night cocktail at the bar.
Cool Story of the Day
Our Head of Growth, Tim Stanyakin, started his Token2049 Singapore day with a room tour around the OKX office and a business meeting.
On the agenda: new partnerships to support OKX's new X Layer network and a liquidity chat with their core team.
Photos from the OKX office by Tim Stanyakin
The office itself? Didn’t disappoint.
A McLaren F1 car parked casually in the kitchen. Classy.
Tim shared his impressions of the location:
“Amazing office, super pleasant staff, and the strongest coffee I had in Singapore.”
After hours: ChangeNOW Retrofuture Soiree
The cocktail bar for tonight's ChangeNOW Retrofuture Soiree. Custom drinks, 60s vibe.
The show floor is wrapping up, but our day isn't. Tonight we're heading into the 60s to the ChangeNOW Retrofuture Soiree: a custom cocktail event with capsule-era details, and our own little retro-future world for the night.
A word from Mr Change
Martin (left) greeting one of the many familiar faces at the ChangeNOW booth
Martin Masser, our Director of Strategic Partnerships (aka Mr Change), on how Day 1 felt from the booth:
"Our booth really stood out today, with a huge crowd coming to compliment the design, partners saying hi and new enquiries about what we were doing.
Having high-profile crypto voices in our podcast studio, recording, created a real buzz, with content to be shown shortly.
Being on level 5, near the main stage, meant so much footfall.
The team worked tirelessly, with no complaints and smiles.
Our side event had 300+ attendees, with a sophisticated buzz and incredible food and drink.
Personally I was grateful that so many familiar faces came to see my new family. In return ChangeNOW gave them some lively high end hospitality."
Fun Fact Of the Day
Spotted on the Token2049 floor: a giant funny-looking plush, calmly minding its own business between booths.
The only shitcoin of the day you could actually hold.
Volatility: none
Liquidity: soft
Tomorrow at Token2049 Singapore Crypto Conference
Day 2 is just as packed.
Here's where to find us:
13:00: Martin Masser sits down with The Block
15:00: Pauline Shangett joins a panel on super apps (a good one to catch)
16:00: Pauline's interview with Cryptopolitan
17:00 and 18:00: NOW Effect streams with USDD and Sonic
The article is the highlight reel. X is where the rest happens: live updates from the booth, interview clips, behind-the-scenes moments and everything that didn't fit into this recap.
Token2049 Singapore runs through Day 2, so there's plenty still to come.
ChangeNOW at TOKEN2049 Singapore: Where to Find us During This Week
ChangeNOW's guide to its TOKEN2049 Week in Singapore: where to find the booth, when its team speaks, and how to get into its own and partner side events.
NOW Effect live from the ChangeNOW studio
Ramia with Eric Chen, CEO of Injective
Sneaky fox from Metamask
The control desk: where every angle you see on screen gets picked in real time
Photos from the OKX office by Tim Stanyakin
The cocktail bar for tonight's ChangeNOW Retrofuture Soiree. Custom drinks, 60s vibe.
